Stella & Rose's Books

NORTH EASTERN RECORD VOLUME 1
Written by Colin Foster; John Addyman; Neil Mackay; Ken Hoole; et al.
Stock no. 1827685
Published by Historical Model Railway Society. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. A survey of the appearance of the North Eastern Railway and Hull & Barnsley Railway. 31st July 1854 - 31st December 1922. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0902835130. Very light rubbing to lower board edges. Very pale browning to endpapers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly creased at top of spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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TURNER IN THE ALPS: THE JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE & SWITZERLAND IN 1802
Written by David Hill. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827684
Published by George Philip. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide to the most important tour Turner made, the author has travelled through the Alps in Turner's footstpes and vividly recreated the artist's journey, using Turner's sketchbooks and the writings of contemporaries including Byron and Shelley. A fascinating mixture of art, history and travel. Large, oblong format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0540012513. Small white mark to rear board. Tiny nick to lower edge of pages 59/60 and 61/62 (extremely minor). Else contents are fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MCLAREN - THE CARS
Written by William Taylor.
Stock no. 1327285
Published by Coterie Press Limited. Circa 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Black boards. ISBN: 9781902351353. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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HOCKNEY'S PORTRAITS AND PEOPLE
Written by Marco Livingstone; Kay Heymer. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1827683
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards. With 246 illustrations, 233 in colour. Through a careful selection of works both iconic and previously unpublished, this book explores the many ways in which Hockney has depicted the people around him, be they famous names or life long friends. ISBN: 050023812X. A couple of very minor scratch marks to front board else fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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SYMPOSIUM
Written by Plato; Anthony Quinton. Illustrated by Tom Phillips.
Stock no. 1827682
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition.

Brown decorated cloth. Gilt title to spine. Translated by Tom Griffith. Introduced by Quinton. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked with a small circular indentation to one side.

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THE STORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD HUSSARS 1940-1946
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827681
1st 1946. Very good condition.

Written and compiled by members of the regiment. 277 pages. B/w photos. Folding colour maps. Green leather, title label to front cover. Some foxing present. Text block lightly browned. Pages 259-270 are loose but still attached, hinge is badly pulled in this area.

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THE BEST OF THE BEST: A HISTORY OF THE IGL RETRIEVER CHAMPIONSHIP 1909-2011
Written by Graham Cox; Gareth Davies.
Stock no. 1327284
Published by Pernice Press. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An authoritative account of the origins and development of the Championship and also key images of the events of the last 28 years. Blue boards, silver title to spine. A chunky book. 416 pages. ISBN: 9780992627508. Spine and corners bumped. Indentation to lower edge of front cover. Small scratch mark to textblock otherwise contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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ROUND THE HORN BEFORE THE MAST
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827680
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint of the John Murray edition. A personal record of a journey around Cape Horn in 1899. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851745067. Light vertical creasing to spine (through reading use). Else contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge-creased, lightly browned to spine, small closed tears (no loss).

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M.G. ROAD CARS VOLUME ONE - FOUR CYLINDER O.H.C. 1929-1936
Written by Malcolm Green; et al.
Stock no. 1327283
Published by Magna Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the OHC Midget produced between 1929 and 1936, regarded by many as the 'golden age' of the marque, as well as many photographs and drawings to help restorers. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. 159 pages. ISBN: 095194231X. Spine and corners bumped, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Some page corner tips lightly creased else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and a little edge creased.

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SELEUCID AND PTOLEMAIC REFORMED ARMIES 168-145 BC VOLUME 1: THE SELEUCID ARMY
Written by Nick Sekunda. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1327282
Published by Montvert Publications. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Under Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Cardwraps. Colour plates plus b/w photos. 80 pages. ISBN: 1874101027. Slight rubbing to corners. Pale browning to covers.

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FRIGATES OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1327281
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st PB 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An in-depth history of the sailing navy's most popular and charismatic ship type at the height of its development. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos, illustrations and diagrams. ISBN: 9781861762924. Corners slightly bumped. Contents fine.

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PETER DENNY'S BUCKINGHAM BRANCH LINES PART ONE 1945-1967
Written by Peter Denny.
Stock no. 1327280
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. The author's experience of nearly 50 years of railway modelling. ISBN: 1874103143. Covers slightly browned and marked. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Front joint cracked.

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